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Hours after the loss of an eastern Ukrainian city, President Biden told the nation’s leader that Congress’ failure to approve military aid is to blame. “Ukraine’s military was forced to withdraw from Avdiivka after Ukrainian soldiers had to ration ammunition due to dwindling supplies as a result of congressional inaction,” a White House readout of the call with President Volodymyr Zelensky said, CNN reports, “resulting in Russia’s first notable gains in months.” Despite the fact that the aid package is sitting in Congress, Biden reaffirmed to Zelensky the “strong bipartisan support” for Ukrain…

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